Episode 241

Episode 241: Rob Daviau, Restoration Games

Published on: 1st June, 2023

A 25-year industry veteran, Rob has worked on over 100 published games. For 14 years, Rob was at Hasbro Games, where he worked on Risk 2210 AD, Axis & Allies Pacific, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Star Wars Epic Duels, Heroscape, Clue DVD, Clue Harry Potter, Risk Star Wars, Risk Lord of the Rings, and many more. He was editor of Trivial Pursuit for 8 years and ran the editorial department for 1.

His last game with Hasbro was Risk Legacy, which led into a solo career whose games include Pandemic Legacy (Seasons 1, 2, and 0), Seafall, Mountains of Madness, Ultimate Werewolf Legacy, Cthulhu: Death May Die, and Betrayal Legacy.

Since 2016, Rob has also been the Chief Restoration Officer at Restoration Games, a publisher whose goal it is to bring all the best out-of-print boardgames back to life. Restoration has published Downforce, Stop Thief!, Indulgence, Dinosaur Tea Party, Fireball Island, Return to Dark Tower, and over a dozen games in the Unmatched line.

Rob has been a professor of Game Design at Hampshire College and NYU, has contributed articles to various books on game design, and has been a speaker at dozens of conferences.

You can learn more about Restoration Games at: restorationgames.com

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Do you love board games? I do! But do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes?

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James is the president of Tin Robot Games, the publisher of 4 successful board Game Kickstarters; Tanks, but no thanks!, Queen of Scots: The Card Game, and Nutty Squirrels of the Oakwood Forest.

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